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Chinese calendar, 13 April 1904
13 April 1904 is lunar month 2, day 28, 1904, the Wood Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Ox. 3 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
April 1904
Lunar date
2nd Month · 28th Day
一九〇四年二月廿八
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dragon’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1904-04-13
The daily almanac & observances
丁丑 Yin Fire Ox
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Ox.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 30 days
17 March 1904–15 April 1904. 2 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
18 June 1904 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1904 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Ravine Water · 涧下水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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